Numbers 9:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Whether it remained for two days, a month, or longer, as long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, the people of Israel remained camped and did not set out. But when it lifted, they set out.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Or whether it was two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud lingered upon the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained in their tents and did not journey: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    But when ye cloude taryed two dayes or a moneth or a longe season apon the habitacion as longe as it taried thereon the childern of Israel kepte their tentes and iurneyed not. And as soone as the cloude was taken vpp they iurneyed.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But whan it taried vpon the habitacion two dayes, or a moneth, or a longe season, then laye the children of Israel, and iourneyed not: and so whan it was taken vp, they wente on their iourney.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Or if the cloude taryed two dayes or a moneth, or a yeere vpon the Tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel abode still, and iourneyed not: but when it was taken vp, they iourneyed.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Or if the cloude taryed two dayes, or a moneth, or a yere vpon the tabernacle and remayned theron, the children of Israel remayned styll and iourneyed not: And assoone as the cloude was taken vp, they iourneyed.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Or [whether it were] two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and didn't travel; but when it was taken up, they traveled.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Whether two days, or a month, or days, in the cloud prolonging itself over the tabernacle, to tabernacle over it, the sons of Israel encamp, and journey not; and in its being lifted up they journey;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Or if the cloud came to rest on the House for two days or a month or a year without moving, the children of Israel went on waiting there and did not go on; but whenever it was taken up they went forward on their journey.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and didn't travel; but when it was taken up, they traveled.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Whether it was for two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud prolonged its stay over the tabernacle, the Israelites remained camped without traveling; but when it was taken up, they traveled on.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 40:36-37 : 36 Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on all their journeys. 37 But if the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was lifted.
  • Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
  • Ps 48:14 : 14 Consider her ramparts, examine her palaces, so that you may tell a future generation.
  • Ps 73:24 : 24 You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory.
  • Ps 77:20 : 20 Your way was through the sea, Your path through the waters, though Your footprints were not seen.
  • Ps 107:7 : 7 He led them on a straight path to a city where they could settle.
  • Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
  • Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
  • Acts 1:4 : 4 While He was with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, "You have heard from Me."
  • Num 1:54 : 54 Thus the Israelites did everything the LORD had commanded Moses, just as the LORD instructed them.
  • Num 8:20 : 20 Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community did with the Levites everything the LORD commanded Moses concerning them.
  • Num 9:17 : 17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the people of Israel would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the people of Israel would camp.
  • Num 23:21-22 : 21 'He has not observed iniquity in Jacob or seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; the shout of a king is among them.' 22 'God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.'
  • Deut 1:6-7 : 6 The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7 Turn and set out on your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors—the Arabah, the hill country, the lowlands, the Negev, and the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates.
  • Deut 2:3-4 : 3 ‘You have circled this mountain long enough; turn northward.' 4 And he commanded the people, saying, ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so be very careful.
  • Exod 39:42 : 42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Exod 40:16 : 16 Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Num 9:15-21
    7 verses
    90%

    15On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, which is the tent of the testimony. In the evening, it appeared above the tabernacle as something like fire until morning.

    16This was always the case: the cloud would cover it by day, and at night it would appear as fire.

    17Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the people of Israel would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the people of Israel would camp.

    18At the command of the LORD, the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the LORD, they camped. As long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained camped.

    19Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the people of Israel kept the LORD’s command and did not set out.

    20Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days. In that case, they camped at the LORD's command and then set out at the LORD's command.

    21Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, when the cloud lifted, they set out.

  • Exod 40:34-38
    5 verses
    84%

    34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.

    35Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.

    36Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on all their journeys.

    37But if the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was lifted.

    38For the cloud of the Lord was over the Tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel during all their journeys.

  • Num 9:23
    80%

    23At the command of the LORD, they camped, and at the command of the LORD, they set out. They kept the LORD's charge according to the command of the LORD given through Moses.

  • Num 10:11-13
    3 verses
    79%

    11In the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud was lifted from over the Tabernacle of the Testimony.

    12Then the Israelites set out on their journeys from the Wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

    13They set out for the first time according to the command of the LORD by Moses.

  • Exod 13:20-22
    3 verses
    77%

    20After leaving Succoth, they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.

    21By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.

    22Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

  • Num 10:33-34
    2 verses
    77%

    33So they set out from the mountain of the LORD and traveled for three days. During those three days, the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD went ahead of them to search out a resting place for them.

    34By day, the cloud of the LORD was over them as they set out from the camp.

  • Neh 9:12
    74%

    12By day, You led them with a pillar of cloud and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light for the path they should follow.

  • Deut 1:33
    73%

    33who went before you on the way to scout out a place for you to camp, by night in the fire to show you the way you should go, and by day in the cloud.

  • Exod 40:17
    72%

    17So it was on the first day of the first month of the second year, the Tabernacle was set up.

  • Exod 19:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1In the third month after the Israelites left the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came to the wilderness of Sinai.

    2After setting out from Rephidim, they came into the wilderness of Sinai and camped there. Israel camped in front of the mountain.

  • Neh 9:19
    72%

    19You, in Your great mercy, did not abandon them in the wilderness. During the day, the pillar of cloud did not depart to guide them on their way, nor did the pillar of fire by night to give them light for the path they should take.

  • Exod 24:18
    72%

    18Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

  • Num 10:28
    72%

    28This was the order of the journeys of the Israelites according to their divisions as they set out.

  • Exod 24:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

    16The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day, the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

  • Exod 14:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19The angel of God, who had been going ahead of Israel's camp, withdrew and moved behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them.

    20It came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. There was a cloud and darkness, yet it lit up the night, and neither side approached the other all night long.

  • Num 1:52
    72%

    52The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man by his own banner, near his own family’s camp.

  • Ps 78:14
    71%

    14By day He led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

  • Deut 1:2
    71%

    2It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Num 2:17
    70%

    17Then the Tent of Meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they camp, each in position under their own standard.

  • Exod 10:23
    70%

    23No one could see anyone else or move from their place for three days. But all the Israelites had light where they lived.

  • Num 2:34
    70%

    34So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses. They camped under their banners and set out, each in their clan and family.

  • Deut 1:46
    70%

    46So you stayed in Kadesh for many days, as long as you remained there.

  • Num 14:44
    70%

    44Nevertheless, in their presumption, they went up toward the top of the hill, but neither the ark of the LORD's covenant nor Moses moved from the camp.

  • Exod 33:10
    69%

    10When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, they would rise and worship, each at the entrance of their own tent.

  • 1 Kgs 8:10
    69%

    10When the priests withdrew from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD.

  • Num 33:2
    69%

    2Moses recorded their starting points on their journeys as instructed by the LORD. These are their journeys by their starting points.

  • Deut 31:15
    69%

    15Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

  • Num 10:21
    69%

    21Then the Kohathites, who carried the holy things, set out; the Tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

  • Num 2:2
    69%

    2The Israelites are to camp, each by their own standard, with the emblems of their ancestral families. They are to set up their tents facing the Tent of Meeting, surrounding it.